SunPower to Record $31 Million of Charges for Cracking Issue. The Stock Tumbles.

Text size An employee works to install new solar panels at a solar plant in Turkey. Chris McGrath/Getty Images SunPower shares were falling sharply Friday after the solar tech company said it expects ...

Apple Stock Gets a Big Target Price Boost. Supply-Chain Problems Are Improving.

Text size Apple has faced tough supply-chain challenges. Things could be looking up. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Tech stocks were getting hammered again Friday, but there was good news on the radar for...

AMD Stock Fell to Its Lowest Price in Months. Why It’s Dropping Again.

Text size AMD Ryzen Threadripper Courtesy AMD Advanced Micro Devices was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight by analysts at Piper Sandler, who said the downgrade was driven by, among other factors, ...

American Airlines Beats Earnings Estimates. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size American Airlines stock pointed 1.2% higher in premarket trading Thursday. Getty Images American Airlines beat earnings expectations in the fourth quarter, reporting a smaller-than-expected ...

‘We Were Wrong’ About Exxon’s Prospects, Analyst Says

Text size Scott Olson/Getty Images A former bear on Exxon Mobil has changed his tune, and acknowledged that he underestimated the company’s comeback last year. RBC Capital Markets analyst Biraj Borkha...

Plug Power Just Gave Bullish 2022 Sales Guidance. The Stock Is Down.

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Tesla Earnings Estimates Are Rising, but the Stock Is Down

Text size Tesla stock hasn’t been responding to rising earnings estimates. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Tesla ‘s fourth-quarter earnings are due out on Jan. 26. As the day approaches, Wall S...

Bank of America Earnings Rise 28% and Top Forecasts. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size A Bank of America branch in New York. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Bank of America delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, bucking a trend seen across much of the sector this earning...

ASML Stock Jumps as Chip Supplier’s Earnings Beat Expectations

Text size ASML is a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the world’s biggest chipmakers. Courtesy Bart van Overbeeke/ASML ASML , a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the ...

Why Advisors Say You Shouldn’t Pay Off Debt Now

Got debt? Don’t be so quick to dump it. That’s what financial advisors are telling clients with low-rate, fixed debt these days. “There’s never been a worse time to pay more than is required on fixed,...

Alibaba Stock May See Its Worst Day of 2022. Here Are Two Reasons Why.

Text size Alibaba stock has outperformed much of the tech sector so far in 2022. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba stock is poised to take one of the biggest tumbles of the year Tuesday as inves...

Microsoft Buys Activision. What to Know About the Acquisition and Stocks.

Text size Troy Harvey/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard shares were surging following Microsoft ‘s announcement that it would acquire the gaming company in a nearly $70 billion deal. Microsoft (ticker: MS...

Spin or Split? AT&T Has a Big Decision to Make on Discovery Stake.

Text size An AT&T store on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images Spin or split? That is the decision that AT&T (ticker: T) faces as it considers what do with a 71% stake...

Credit Suisse Chairman Quits After Breaching Covid-19 Rules

Text size António Horta-Osório, former chairman of Credit Suisse AFP via Getty Images Credit Suisse Chairman António Horta-Osório has resigned only 8 monthsafter being appointed, following a board inv...

Rolls-Royce, Bentley, BMW Sales Surge as Cheaper Brands Lag Behind

BERLIN—A surge in luxury-car sales and the shifting of scarce semiconductors to the most profitable vehicles helped many auto makers achieve robust profits last year, even as sales of mainstream vehic...

Big Investor Tripled Its AMC Stake and Bought Apple, NIO, and Nikola Stock

Text size DNB Asset Management materially raised investments in some of the most volatile stocks, including AMC Entertainment, Apple, NIO, and Nikola. Ethan Miller/Getty Images A large European asset ...

Banks’ Earnings Show Lenders Aren’t All the Same. It’s Time to Pick and Choose.

Text size JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup both reported declines in trading revenue. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The time has come to take a stock-picking approach to investing in banks. That was the le...

Wells Fargo Rally Shows Warren Buffett’s Mistake in Selling Big Stake in Bank

Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images One of Warren Buffett’s worst investment moves in an otherwise fabulous career was Berkshire Hathaway ‘s sale in 2020 of a big stake in Wells Fargo a...

An EV Startup Hit a Bump In the Road. A Warning Sign for the Sector.

Text size Bollinger Motors’ B1 electric sport utility truck. Courtesy of Bollinger Motors/PR Newswire Electric-truck startup Bollinger Motors said Friday it is dropping the B1 all-electric SUV a...

Variable Dividends Are a Growing Trend in Resources and Energy. How to Play the Stocks.

For companies that pump out cash, dividends are a popular way to share some of it with their shareholders. But that cash-generation power may fluctuate, so many companies in the energy and resources s...

Satellite TV Can’t Be Saved With a DirecTV-Dish Merger

Text size In some parts of the country where cable access is limited, Dish and DirecTV remain the only way to get pay-TV subscriptions. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg For 20 years now, Dish Network and rival ...

Las Vegas Sands Stock Could See Better Luck Ahead

Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...

Mortgage Rates Surge. The Pandemic’s Ultralow Rates Are Over.

Text size The average rate of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.45% this week. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Mortgage rates climbed to their highest point since March 2020, according to data released Th...

Apple’s Path to a $4 Trillion Market Cap

Analysts continue to crank out bullish notes about Apple‘s outlook ahead of the tech giant’s December-quarter earnings report, due just two weeks from now. Apple (ticker: AAPL) had a big run in late 2...

Moderna and Novavax Stocks Get Whacked by Supreme Court’s Vaccine Decision

Text size A nurse takes a Moderna Covid-19 vaccines ready to be administered at a vaccination site Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images Novavax stock and shares of other vaccine makers fell Friday after the...

Citigroup’s Adjusted Earnings Top Expectations. But the Stock Is Falling.

Text size A ‘Citi’ sign is displayed outside Citigroup Center near Citibank headquarters in Manhattan Mario Tama/Getty Images Citigroup stock was falling Friday even after the bank’s fourt...

Wells Fargo Stock Rises as Earnings Easily Top Estimates

Text size Wells Fargo bank David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Wells Fargo shares got a boost early Friday after the bank’s fourth-quarter earnings easily topped Wall Street’s expectations. Profits at the San...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Tumbling. Raising Capital Is Raising Worries.

Text size Space-tourism company Virgin Galactic will raise $425 million to $500 million in debt that could be converted to stock, diluting existing shareholders. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Stock of spac...

GrowGeneration Stock Tumbles. The Hydroponics Market Is Slowing.

Text size CNW Group/GrowGeneration Corp. Shares of GrowGeneration fell sharply Thursday after the gardening products retailer lowered guidance due to a general slowdown in the hydroponics market. The ...

Student-Loan Processor Navient to Cancel $1.7 Billion of Debts

One of the nation’s largest student-loan processors will cancel the debt of 66,000 borrowers, totaling $1.7 billion, in an agreement with 40 state attorneys general. The agreements resolve all six out...

Alibaba Stock Set for Biggest Drop of 2022

AIibaba stock has been on a tear to start off 2022. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Text size Alibaba stock has been on a tear to start the year, but its two-day winning streak looks like it’s about t...

AMC CEO Says He’s Done Selling Stock After Unloading Another $7 Million

Text size AMC CEO Adam Aron. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon AMC Entertainment Chief Executive Adam Aron sold another $7.1 million shares of the movie theater giant this week, and said...